Lantern.



L. HERMAN. LANTBRN.

9110,68 1 Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

15 Whichentre spam @met Louis HERMAN, orjenrcaedinrinois;

Laurenti.

. Specification `ci? lettere Patent.

Patented antec, 1909.

i Application aus may 25, ieee'. seein-n0. aaneen.'

To all whom 'it mayeconcem; Be it known that l, Louis zen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State ci illinois, have invented certain new andLuseul Im proveniente in Lanterns, f'which Ithe followmg is a-,s e'cification, and which-are illus trated in t e accompanying drawings, torming a part thereof.

' The invention relates' to the trame ot lanterne and the method of making the same; and 'it consists of the structure and means hereinafter described, thedevice being illus'- trated 4in the accompanying drawings, in

,Figure'tlis aside elevation of a lantern,

- some. parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is. a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig'. 3 is aside elevation of the lower ortin of f the lantern, some parts being bro en away,

. andshown a modled form. of construction; Fig. 4, is a etail of the. globe seat; and Fig5 is a detail of a clip'for'anchoring the guard wires oi the-frame to the base' ring:

25.. The invention relates, as to cneof'it's fea? tures, tc lanterns having-guard frames or baskets formed of Wire, some of them arranged vertically and others taking the form ci encircling rings. The vertical wires are sea0 `cured to the base ring within-whichthe oil font is located, andinthe manufacture'of such lanterns the assembling of the wires, of which the guard. frame is composed, and the initial securing of them to the base-'ring has been difficult and eX ensive.

v .Y In the drawings t e Abaseringof the lantern is designated' 10, its dome 11, 'and the guard frame generally as 12, the globeof the antern beingshown at 13 and its font at 14.

The guard frame isco'mposed of the upright wires 15 and a lurality of encircling rings, as-

16, 17, `18,l the owest one, 16, constitutin ,in the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the ase upon which the lantern may rest.

ln' the structure illustrated irl-Fig. 3 the rovidedwith a sheet-metal base.

lanternis 19,1 secure to the base-ring 10,'and the upright wires 20 terminate at their-point or attachment to the hase-ring. The wires l15,

l 1S-50 20, are bowed or'bent inwardly to engage the Y base-rin this bowed portion 21 of each ro.

jlecting through a slot 22 in the baselrlng..

heee slots 22 are 'made' sufficiently wide to' permit bcthfendsof a U-shaped sheet 'metal 55 clip 2? to be inserted, one upon each side of the wire, for the purposeof securing thelatl .ter in place in assemblingithe parte'. The Hartman', acitiinner ends 24,'- 25, of theseclips are bent outwardly, as shown in- Fi s. -2 and 5, after being inserted through the s ets lto take a bearing against the inner face ofthe base-ring 10, 'and' pressure is applied tothe outer end or bowed portion of the clips` by a suitable die for the pur ose -of forming' ,Witill intriga-1 and 3. After the partshave been assembled, the rings lof the guard, frame bein attached to theuprights inthe usual an, wellfknown mannen the lantern' is dip ed in molten tin,

thus" coating'all of itss'ur aces and cover-ing and securing the joints. This bath supplies a bond for securing theclips 23both to the wires and' tothe base-ring, the interstices in the latterring at the points of attachment of the wires-thereto are closed, and all olthem up' to litfsnuglyfs the bow of the wire, as plainly shown the parts are thus rmlyand .rigidly securedl together," becoming practically integral.- .Another feature' of the invention relates to theglobe seat 26,-which is inthe form of a hat split ring elastically ittingwithin the base-ring l() and having a lurality of lugs 27, as numerous-as may be ound advisable,

which project outwardly 'through suitable' apertures formed'in the ring. From the inner edge of the ring 2 6 depend-a plurality of lugs 28, which gui'dethe font 14,- hold' it againstlateral play, and revent its upper edge from'being caught un 'in' removal.

I claim' as my lnventlon* 1. rlfhe lmethod of constructing lantern er the -globeseat the clipsto conform to the curvature ofthe knee of the rod to which it is applied and spreadingthe ends of the clip, then suitably securing wire rings. to the several uprightsl and immersing the frame' in molten metal.

2. As an articlecf manufacture, a lantern frame comprising, in combinatipn, a base ring having apertures therein, a wire guard lframe composed of uprightsand encircling rings securedtogether, the uprights being.

formedv with Vknees projecting into.' the.

apertures of the bese-ling, U-shaped clips `font4 seated Within the and e. globe# f1.0 tting] Within such knees Aand havmg their seat fitted Within the up' er portion of the ends projecting throu h the base-ring aperbase-rli and having pen ent lugs for gudf tures and being' clenc ed the body of each ing the ont.;

' Aclip conforming to the curvature of the knee y LOUIS HERMAN to which it is applied, the various joints being sealed with metal. Wtnesses4:

As sm article ofmanufeeture, a, lantern WM; S. HAMM, comprising, in ombination, a base ring, a LOUIS V. EGGERT, 

